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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11552
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14707
13 Actual Demand 11252
14 Aggregate Planning 12282
15 Air Cargo 10150
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6692
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34930
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15370
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19359
20 Assembly Line 22603
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23044
22 Average Speed of Answer 26609
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23239
24 Batch Production 38527
25 Bill Discounting 14606
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11305
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7196
28 Blanket Release 10074
29 Bonded Warehouse 10108
30 Booking Number 13881
31 Bottleneck 9587
32 Buffer Stock 59456
33 Build to Stock 13068
34 Bullwhip Effect 9727
35 Business Logistics 25843
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12617
37 Capacity Management 40770
38 Capacity Utilization 14169
39 Capital Intensive 8481
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8819
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12195
42 Certified Supplier 9002
43 Channel Effectiveness 8974
44 Co-Destiny 9348
45 Co-managed Inventory 12622
46 Co-Packers 11828
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6931
48 Computer-Based Training 7731
49 Consular Invoice 19890
50 Container Depot 10651
51 Container Freight Station 10312
52 Continuous Replenishment 19624
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12132
54 Contract Carrier 7350
55 Contract of Affreightment 11461
56 Control Charts 7999
57 Cost Flow 10329
58 Courier Service 15307
59 CPFR 8269
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11853
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44284
62 Date Code 18327
63 Days of Supply 19909
64 Dead on Arrival 9393
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7352
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8166
67 Detective Control 8958
68 Devanning 14268
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11019
70 Dispatching 24625
71 Distributed Inventory 8403
72 Distribution Channel Management 34904
73 Distribution Metrics 9198
74 Distribution Planning 24265
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15295
76 Double Marginalization 52852
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22455
78 Dual 5472
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20674
80 Echelon Inventory 26270
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38329
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49897
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7663
84 Efficient Frontier 25581
85 Engineer-to-Order 31842
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16623
87 Erlang B Formula 9395
88 ETD 8372
89 Ex Works 7872
90 Exception Rate 13556
91 Exponential smoothing 9866
92 External Growth 10137
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9566
94 Field Services 7776
95 Field Warehouse 10655
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8849
97 Fishbone Diagram 14667
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27159
99 Flow Through Distribution 12371
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8231
101 FOB Destination 13112
102 Forward buying 30277
103 Freight Charge 10454
104 Freight Consolidation 7577
105 Gantt Chart 8329
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11792
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29660
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12746
109 Hub 23515
110 Idle Time 8112
 
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